The Nerdy Show Network’s flagship podcast unloads on the latest geek news and happenings!Spring has sprung for the world of pop culture and new and exciting things are a foot! Some of the biggest video games of the season are now in beta, and we've tried them all: Overwatch, Battleborn, Doom... Plus there's recently-released titles like Pokkén Tournament and Dark Souls 3. Meanwhile, DC Comics prepares its final bid for relevance with DC Rebirth an event that just might recapture the fun of the D...
Apr 18, 2016•1 hr 27 min
When The Nerdy Show Network’s flagship podcast isn’t unloading on the latest geek news and happenings, we’re diving deep into the super-specific with listener-requested discussions and interviews.In this double-length Microsode Cap is joined by THE ENTIRE CREW of Ghostbusters: Resurrection - Doug, Nina, Josh La Forge, Adam Briggs, John Poole, and Mike Wall. Their mission: to dig deep into their collective well of comic book fanaticism to share the comics they'd most love to see adapted on the bi...
Apr 13, 2016•34 min
The Nerdy Show Network’s flagship podcast unloads on the latest geek news and happenings!Where has the time gone, friends? If you're like us, it's been sucked into the uber timesink vortex that is Miitomo. "Hang out" with your friends and learn intimate secrets like their favorite kinds of bread. Believe it or not, it's shockingly addictive. Miraculously, there's lots more we've got to talk about!Hear our thoughts on the MOBA Paragon and the new Fallout 4 DLC. Or howabout our excitement for the ...
Apr 03, 2016•1 hr 29 min
When The Nerdy Show Network’s flagship podcast isn’t unloading on the latest geek news and happenings, we’re diving deep into the super-specific with listener-requested discussions and interviews. But then on rare occasions... something much more unusual happens...We're no strangers to strangeness. We've encountered real-life werewolves, experienced hauntings and close encounters; but admittedly it's been a while since we've tangled with the paranormal. Turns out the paranormal isn't done tangli...
Apr 01, 2016•1 hr 7 min
The Nerdy Show Network’s flagship podcast unloads on the latest geek news and happenings!From the darkest depths of Twitch comes Trench and Tony of Nerdy Show's Stream Team! They're mixing it up with Cap and boR for our bi-weekly spelunking into the treacherous caverns of the nerdiverse. Can podcasting audiences handle the brute force of Tony's disarmingly liberal use of pun-based humor and Trench's love of cake?Since getting up to video game hijinks is what the Stream Team is all about then you...
Mar 23, 2016•1 hr 40 min
When The Nerdy Show Network’s flagship podcast isn’t unloading on the latest geek news and happenings, we’re diving deep into the super-specific with listener-requested discussions and interviews.In this episode we spend some quality time with, nerd rocker Marc With A C as he takes listeners and hosts alike on a journey through his latest record, Unicorns Get More Bacon. This isn't just you're average interview about a new record, heck no! This is a track-by-track listening party - a veritable D...
Mar 16, 2016•1 hr 26 min
The Nerdy Show Network’s flagship podcast unloads on the latest geek news and happenings! (And business opportunities with spiders!)This episode is a pop culture plethora rife with tangents! Join Cap, boR, Doug, and Brandon for new adventures in video games: Brandon's latest batch of indie games have left him wanting, boR is jacking into the VR realm, Doug is finally communing with the current generation of consoles, and Cap is bringing the computer to the couch with Steam Link. Indulge in insig...
Mar 09, 2016•1 hr 29 min
When The Nerdy Show Network’s flagship podcast isn't unloading on the latest geek news and happenings, we're diving deep into the super-specific with listener-requested discussions and interviews. This episode happens to be both of those things!This day marks the 15th anniversary of one of the most influential pieces of Internet literature from the early days of webcomics: 8-Bit Theater. A parody of all things beautiful and horrible about RPGs both on console and tabletop, this series chronicled...
Mar 02, 2016•58 min
The Nerdy Show Network’s flagship podcast unloads on the latest geek news and happenings!We're always transforming here on Nerdy Show. Or mutating, perhaps. Transcending our former iterations on our quest for geek entertainment perfection. After a long history of dabbling in video, we're finally ready to open up our studio to big brother and show you how our proverbial sausage is made.Join Cap, boR, Nikki, and Doug in our twice-a-month journey through all the most cool and unusual happenings in ...
Feb 23, 2016•1 hr 28 min
The Nerdy Show Network’s flagship podcast has been going strong for seven years! That's right, we've been nerdcasting since 2009, and by listener-request we're about to travel back in time to rewrite the past. Join Nerdy Show's original team of hosts: Cap, Hex, and Brian, along with the man who accidentally masterminded the whole enterprise, Aaron, as we travel back to the basement college radio station where it all began. We thought we could leave the past buried, but Nerdy Show fan Twomper has...
Feb 17, 2016•39 min
The Nerdy Show Network’s flagship podcast unloads on the latest geek news and happenings!Take a look at us now... Did you feel us coming in the air? We're back in the stu-stu-studio to talk about video games, movies, sci-tech, aaaand Cap interviewed Phil Collins. It wasn't for Nerdy Show, but he did bring an excerpt to share with the class. Hear Phil Collins talk about that one time Phil was on Miami Vice and hear Cap maybe nerd out a bit too much...But that's just one item in a shopping spree o...
Feb 09, 2016•1 hr 34 min
Nerds are by definition outsiders. If you think differently, loose yourself in fiction or history, or do something strange that the "normies" can't categorize, you're certain to find yourself walking a more solitary path. Lucky us the way ahead has been lit by the luminary nerds before us. Luckier still that we lived in a world with David Bowie, a nerd who transformed our reality into a weirder, wilder, geekier place.Join Cap and Marc With A C, two Bowie-obsessed peoploids, as they share their l...
Jan 25, 2016•1 hr 16 min
Every other week, The Nerdy Show Network’s flagship podcast unloads on the latest geek news and happenings!No doubt about it - reality is getting stranger by the day. When scientists are citing sci-fi fears of human-animal hybridization as a danger too real to risk, we're officially off the deep end. Whether we go the route of Animal Farm, Island of Dr. Moreau, or even an anthropomorphic utopia; Nerdy Show will be there for off-color commentary on this crazy nerd world of ours.Meanwhile, in othe...
Jan 19, 2016•1 hr 17 min
Every other week, The Nerdy Show Network’s flagship podcast unloads on the latest geek news and happenings!Remember our episode "Fallout... Of Reality"? This is the second half of that episode! We spent so much time talking about video games, we had to corral all our sci-tech, comics, and TV/Movies into this episode.Join Cap, boR, Doug, and Jess for a journey into the unusual! What does feeding cocaine to monkeys have to do with future of memory boosting brain chips? Discover how Aaron linked My...
Jan 12, 2016•1 hr 4 min
Spiraling from the year-end chaos the holidays bring comes... Nerdy Show!If this is your first episode, let us stop you right here folks. Perhaps we can direct you to our Greatest Hits page where you'll find our finest adventures. THIS episode goes deep. In some cases, Inception deep. Before we return to your regularly scheduled Nerdy Show, we wanted to do an impromptu community update explaining where we've been, where we are, and where we're headed.Join Cap and Doug for an unedited community u...
Jan 05, 2016•59 min
Every other week, The Nerdy Show Network’s flagship podcast unloads on the latest geek news and happenings - and in this case all the greatest geeky happenings of the year!It's the moment you've been waiting all year for: your friends at Nerdy Show have once more completed the impossible (and some argue unnecessary) task of ranking the Top 20 Nerdiest Things of the Year. Our list heralds from all facets of society: from science to game shows and pop culture to technology. We've run the gamut, co...
Dec 20, 2015•1 hr 40 min
Every other week, The Nerdy Show Network’s flagship podcast unloads on the latest geek news and happenings!Fallout 4 is out now, and frankly it's a miracle that we managed to stop playing it to record an episode, let alone release one. Yes, Nerdy Show is getting lost in the post-apocalyptic Bostonian abyss of Bethesda's latest masterwork. Join Cap, boR, Doug, and Jess as we share our thoughts on the new game and some of our first experiences after stumbling out of the Vault.Even with the momento...
Nov 30, 2015•58 min
Ah, the thrill of the hunt. In this listener-requested Microsode the Nerdy Show crew explores the kill or be killed world of the game series Monster Hunter. Whip up some paintballs and pack a whetstone - there's purple dinosaurs to be slain.Join Cap, Brandon, Jonathan and Andrew from Wicked Anime, and Briggs and Wall from Ghostbusters: Resurrection as they roast meat (so tasty!) and share their feels on the wild hunt. Some of them are completely new to the series and need an introduction to what...
Nov 17, 2015•26 min
We're hittin' the arcades and those sticky, day-glo carpets are gonna be blood-soaked! In this episode of Nerdy Show we've mashed up two listener requested Microsode topics: Arcade Games and Fighting Games and we've got so much to say it's gone overtime.Join Cap, Brandon, Jonathan and Andrew from Wicked Anime, and Briggs and Wall from Ghostbusters: Resurrection as we recollect on the titles of our misspent youth in 90s arcades - from classic titles to the most obscure cabinets we can remember. H...
Nov 10, 2015•55 min
Every other week, The Nerdy Show Network's flagship podcast unloads on the latest geek news and happenings!Glamour, glitter, fashion, and debatable Internet notoriety: Nerdy Show, Nerdy Show is our name. And we might not have super-advanced computers capable of projecting realistic holograms from wearable microprojectors, but dammit we've got opinions about people who do. Or don't, as the case may be with the film adaptation of Jem and the Holograms. Yup, we've got an Jem and the Holograms revie...
Oct 30, 2015•1 hr 36 min
Every other week, The Nerdy Show Network‘s flagship podcast pours over the latest geek news and happenings!Great Scott! It's October 21st, 2015! You know, the future?Well look, we might be 15 Jaws movies short of perfection, but at least the much-prophesied future brought you Nerdy Show, right? At least we're not living a multi-national lie of shadow governments controlled by lizard people, right? That would be absurd. Anyone who told you that was clearly a nut job and you should probably call t...
Oct 20, 2015•1 hr 31 min
Every other week, The Nerdy Show Network‘s flagship podcast pours over the latest geek news and happenings!Join us as we hang out with some of the most artful purveyors of Nerd Music on the scene: Chamber Band! You may remember when we spoke to them about their debut record Deities, or perhaps when they made it into the upper echelon of our Top 20 Nerdy Things of 2013. These rockers, who stole our hearts with their emotionally upending songs from the world of Dungeons & Dragons, have returne...
Oct 13, 2015•1 hr 1 min
Every other week, The Nerdy Show Network‘s flagship podcast pours over the latest geek news and happenings!Have we got a deal for you, Nerdy Show fans. Coolness is at your fingertips, and just by reading this sentence you're already one step closer. With our trademarked Buy Your Way to Cool Self-Embetterment System™ you can enhance your freshness with minimum harsh burns. If you can envision it, then you're envisioning it wrong. The secret is in your wallet, and we'll show you how.In this "total...
Oct 05, 2015•1 hr 24 min
A special announcement this week! Check out our 8-part RPG miniseries, The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program:http://nerdyshow.com/cthulhu/Our feed for all our dramatic programming:http://nerdyshow.com/theatre/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 30, 2015•4 min
Every other week, The Nerdy Show Network's flagship podcast pours over the latest geek news and happenings!It's a weird, wild new world for Nintendo nerds. The Big N has announced their first push into the mobile games market (beyond their own hardware) and they've come out balls a-blazing. Pokémon GO brings Pokémon to Earth in an augmented reality experience that's still very much under wraps. We speculate on what's to come and how deep Nintendo can deliver on their pitch for a world teeming wi...
Sep 22, 2015•1 hr 10 min
Zibbitty bop ze-wow, Nerdy Show hepcats! We're coming at ya with an all-new Nerdy Show Microsode. That's a short episode where YOU fine folks tell us what to groove to. In this episode, Nerdy Show listener, Jack Oats has challenged us to talk about bebop. But what kind of bebop? Well, that's up to us to decide.Join Cap, boR, Luke, and Trench as we attempt to suss out the musical movement from our cursory knowledge of jazz and then connect the dots to things we actually know about: pop culture of...
Sep 12, 2015•31 min
Ever getting that sinking, Singularity blues?The 21st Century is shaping up to be that much-prophecised age of exponential change for the human condition. If catastrophic climate change doesn't get us, then we're well on track to building a robotopia. But is a world where all basic jobs are done by 'bots a good thing? Are we destined for an opulent Star Trek future, or something more like Elysium with the ruling class hovering above the rest of us?Join Cap, Jess, Jon, and Doug as we journey deep...
Sep 01, 2015•57 min
State of the Empire is Nerdy Show’s Star Wars speculation podcast where we “look for news in Alderaan places”.Just when you were almost back to sleep… there has been an awakening! It’s only been two weeks since our last report and there’s already an entire episode’s worth of new Star Wars announcements to cover. The dam has officially burst, the journey to The Force Awakens has truly begun, and the world is on the precipice of descending into Star Wars mania.The epicenter of this latest spike in...
Aug 23, 2015•1 hr 27 min
As nerds we've been fed our entire lives with dreams of sci-fi destinies. Many of these grand dreams fizzled at the onset of the 21st century, but there's one that you'll have to pry from our cold, dead hands: giant robots. We want to see towering steel goliaths do battle with massive missile launchers and insane blades, and we want to see it now.That glorious future has arrived, dear friends - thanks to MegaBots. These all-American Robot Jox have built their own giant robot and challenged Japan...
Aug 18, 2015•53 min
State of the Empire is Nerdy Show’s Star Wars speculation podcast where we “look for news in Alderaan places”.Since Star Wars Celebration there's been a whirlwind of news from the galaxy far, far away. New films announced, new games announced, new comics announced, new secrets from The Force Awakens, and rumors galore! We stand now on the precipice of a transmedia blitz that could surpass even the mayhem of The Phantom Menace... and that's just the beginning.We're also reeling over the announcem...
Aug 08, 2015•1 hr 27 min